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MARKETING MANAGEMENT 12 th edition. 16 Managing Retailing, Wholesaling, and Logistics. Kotler Keller. Chapter Questions. What major types of marketing intermediaries occupy this sector? What marketing decisions do these marketing intermediaries make?
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT12th edition 16 Managing Retailing, Wholesaling, and Logistics Kotler Keller
Chapter Questions • What major types of marketing intermediaries occupy this sector? • What marketing decisions do these marketing intermediaries make? • What are the major trends with marketing intermediaries?
Retailing Includes all the activities involved in selling goods or services directly to final consumers for personal, nonbusiness use.
Specialty store Department store Supermarket Convenience store Discount store Off-price retailer Superstore Catalog showroom Table 16.1 Major Retailer Types
Levels of Retail Service • Self-service • Self-selection • Limited service • Full service
Nonstore Retailing • Direct selling • Direct marketing • Automatic vending • Buying service
Major Types of Corporate Retail Organizations • Corporate chain store • Voluntary chain • Retailer cooperative • Consumer cooperative • Franchise organization • Merchandising conglomerate
Retailers’ Marketing Decisions • Target market • Product assortment • Service/store atmosphere • Price • Communication • Location
Retail Category Management Define the category Figure out its role Assess performance Set goals Choose the audience Figure out tactics Implement the plan
Retailer Services Mix • Prepurchase services • Postpurchase services • Ancillary services
Location Decision • General business districts • Regional shopping centers • Community shopping centers • Strip malls • Location within a larger store
Indicators of Sales Effectiveness • Number of people passing by location • Percentage who enter store • Percentage of those who enter who also buy • Average amount spent per sale
Trends in Retailing • New retail forms and combinations • Growth of intertype competition • Competition between store-based and non-store-based retailing • Growth of giant retailers • Decline of middle market retailers • Growing investment in technology • Global presence of major retailers
Selling and promoting Buying and assortment building Bulk breaking Warehousing Transportation Financing Risk bearing Market information Management services and counseling Wholesaling Functions
Merchant Full service Limited service Brokers and agents Manufacturers Specialized Major Wholesaler Types
Wholesalers’ Marketing Decisions • Target market • Product assortment • Price • Promotion • Place
Market Logistics Planning • Deciding on the company’s value proposition to its customers • Deciding on the best channel design and network strategy • Developing operational excellence • Implementing the solution
Market Logistics Decisions • How should orders be handled? • Where should stock be located? • How much stock should be held? • How should goods be shipped?
Transportation Factors • Speed • Frequency • Dependability • Capability • Availability • Traceability • Cost
What is Retailing? Retailing includes all the activities involved in selling goods or services directly to final consumers for personal, non-business use A retailer or Retail store: is any business enterprise whose sales volume comes primarily from retailing Retail Life-cycle: Like products Retail-store pass through stages of growth and decline
Major Retailer Types Convenience store Discount store Superstore Department store Catalog showroom Off-price retailer Specialty store Supermarket
Retailers Level of Service Self–Service: customers carry out their own- locate, compare, and select process to save money Self-Selection: customers find their own goods, although they can ask for assistance Limited services: these retailers carry more shopping goods and services such as credit and merchandise return privilege. Customer need more assistance and information Full service: salespeople are ready to assist in every phase of the - locate, compare, and select process
Non-store Retailing • Direct selling: companies selling door-to-door or at home sales parties, it can be: • One-to-one • One-to-many • Multilevel marketing network • Direct marketing: include telemarketing, television direct –response marketing , and electronic shopping
Non-store Retailing • Automatic vending: vending machines are found in many places as: factories, offices, large retail store • Japan has the most vending machines • Buying service: is a store-less retailer serving a specific clientele “usually employees of large organization“ who are entitled to buy from a list of retailers that have agreed to give discounts in return for member ship
Major Types of Corporate Retail Organizations • Corporate chain store: two or more out lets owned and controlled, employing central buying merchandise and selling similar lines of merchandise • Voluntary chain: a wholesaler- sponsored group of independent retailers engaged in bulk buying and common merchandising
Major Types of Corporate Retail Organizations • Retailer cooperative: Independent retailers using a central buying organization efforts • Consumer cooperative: a retail firm owned by its customers. Members contribute money to open their own store , vote on its polices, elect a group to manage it, and receive dividends
Major Types of Corporate Retail Organizations • Franchise organization: contractual association between a franchisor and franchisees • Merchandising conglomerate: a corporate that combines several diversified retailing in lines and forms under central ownership
Franchising System A franchising systemis a system of individual franchisees, a tightly knit group of enterprises whose systematic operations are planned, directed, and controlled by the operation’s franchisor. Characteristics of Franchises • The franchisor owns a trade or service mark and licenses it to franchisees in return for royalty payments • The franchisee pays for the right to be part of the system • The franchisor provides its franchisees with a system for doing business
Changes in the Retail Environment • New retail forms and combinations • Growth of intertype competition • Competition between store-based and non-store-based retailing • Growth of giant retailers • Decline of middle market retailers • Growing investment in technology • Global profile of major retailers
Retailers’ Marketing Decisions • Target market • Product assortment: • Must match target market expectation • Decide product assortment breadth and depth • Procurement • Prices: • Must be decided in relation to the target market, the product assortment and the competition
Retailers’ Marketing Decisions • Services: • Pre-purchase services as advertising and accept telephone and mail orders • Post-purchase services as gift wrapping and shipping and delivery • Ancillary services as parking, general information and rest room • Store atmosphere as walls, lighting, Product placement, and floor • Store activities • Communications tools as ads, run special sales, and issue money saving coupons
Retailers’ Marketing Decisions • Location decision: • Central business district “down town” • Regional shopping centers • Community shopping centers • Shopping strips “cluster of stores” • A location within a larger store
Tips for Increasing Sales in Retail Space • Attract and Keep shoppers in the store • Honor the transition zone • Don’t make them hunt • Make merchandise available to the reach and touch • Note that men do not ask questions • Remember women need space • Make checkout easy
Indicators of Sales Effectiveness • Number of people passing by • Percent who enter store • Percent who buy • Average amount spent per sale
Private Label Brands • A privatee- label brand( a reseller, store, house) • is a brand that retailers and wholesalers develop • Why do intermediaries bother to sponsor their own brands? • They can be more profitable • Retailers develop exclusive store to differentiate themselves from competitors • Ex: Canadian company LOBLAW which start as local store brand and then become global
Wholesaling • Wholesaling includes all the activities in selling goods or services to those who for resale or business use • Ex:
Market Logistics Market logistic includes planning the infrastructure to meet demand, then implementing and controlling the physical flow of materials and goods from points of origin to points of use to meet customer requirements at profit
Market Logistics Planning • Deciding on the company’s value proposition to its customers • Deciding on the best channel design and network strategy • Developing operational excellence • Implementing the solution
What are Integrated Logistics Systems? An integrated logistics system (ILS) includes materials management, material flow systems, and physical distribution, aided by information technology.
Market Logistics Activities • In-plant warehousing • Shipping-room processing • Outbound transportation • Field warehousing • Customer delivery and servicing • Sales forecasting • Distribution scheduling • Production plans • Finished-goods inventory decisions • Packaging
Market Logistics Decisions • How should orders be handled?(Order processing) • Where should stock be located?(Warehousing) • How much stock should be held?(Inventory) • How should goods be shipped?( Transportation)